"Waters" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 shuǐ yù waters / body of water
 hǎi yù sea area / territorial waters / maritime space
 qiū shuǐ limpid autumn waters (trad. description of girl's beautiful eyes)
 jìn hǎi coastal waters / offshore
绿 qīng shān lu:4 shuǐ lit. green hills and clear waters / pleasant country scene (idiom)
 lǐng hǎi territorial waters
 gōng hǎi high sea / international waters
 tóu shí wèn lù lit. to toss a stone to find out what's ahead (idiom) / fig. to test the waters
 fù zhī dōng liú to commit to the waters (idiom) / to lose sth irrevocably
 zhuó liú turbid flow / muddy waters / fig. a contemptible person / fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends
 níng jìng zhì yuǎn tranquility yields transcendence (idiom) / quiet life of profound study / cf Still waters run deep.
 cóng gather / flow into (water) / sound of waters flowing together
 pēng noise of waters
 tián bō calm waters
 bì shuǐ cāng tiān jade waters below and blue heavens above (idiom)
  International Cooperative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Acidification of Rivers and Lakes / ICP Waters
  low-nutrient waters
 hé kǒu shuǐ yù Estuarine waters
  Principles Regarding Cooperation in the Field of Transboundary Waters
  Hamilton Statement on Managing Shared Waters
  shellfish waters
  Boundary Waters Treaty
使  Helsinki Rules on the Uses of the Waters of International Rivers / Helsinki Rules on the Uses of International Rivers
  Permanent Joint Technical Commission for Nile Waters
 kuà jiè shuǐ dào transboundary watercourse / transboundary waters
  Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme
  inland waters
 shòu guǎn zhì shuǐ controlled waters
  landlocked waters (Convention) / enclosed waters
 fēng bì shuǐ yù landlocked waters (Convention) / enclosed waters
 nèi shuǐ internal waters / national waters / inland waters
 qún dǎo shuǐ yù archipelagic waters
  vegetal invasion of waters / weediness of waters
  Code of Conduct on Accidental Pollution of Transboundary Inland Waters
沿  Agreement Concerning the Protection of the Waters of the Mediterranean Shores
  Environmentally Sound Management of Inland Waters
  Agreement on the Preliminary Economic Study of the Exploitation of the Waters of Lake Titicaca
  Preliminary Convention on the Study of the Exploitation of the Waters Lake Titicaca
 shàng fù shuǐ yù superjacent waters
  Standing Commission on the Waters of the Senegal River
  Global International Waters Assessment
1960年  Indus Waters Treaty, 1960
 bian jiè shuǐ yù boundary waters
 dōng yà shuǐ yù hǎi yáng wū rǎn wèn tí guó jì jiǎng xí bān International Workshop on Marine Pollution in East Asian Waters
  enclosure of high seas / enclave of international waters
  Convention Concerning Fishing in the Waters of the Danube
 dà shuǐ chōng le Lóng Wáng miào lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom) / fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person / a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
 shì shuǐ wēn to test the waters
 shān qīng shuǐ líng green mountains and vivacious waters (idiom) / lush and lively scenery
 shuǐ qiǎn yǎng bù zhù dà yú lit. shallow waters cannot harbor big fish (idiom) / fig. ambitious, talented people cannot reach their full potential in a small organization
 shì shuǐ to run water through a system to test it (for leakages etc) / (fig.) to test the waters / to do (sth) on a trial basis
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